CONTENTS.

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James L. Ford

THE LITERARY SHOP.

CHAPTER I.
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In an Old Garret 1
CHAPTER II.
The “Ledger” Period of Letters 11
CHAPTER III.
Something about “Good Bad Stuff” 24
CHAPTER IV.
The Early Holland Period 34
CHAPTER V.
Mendacity during the Holland Period of Letters 47
CHAPTER VI.
The Dawn of the Johnsonian Period 62
CHAPTER VII.
Woman’s Influence in the Johnsonian Period 78
CHAPTER VIII.
Literature—Pawed and Unpawed; and the Crown-Prince Thereof 99
CHAPTER IX.
Certain Things which a Conscientious Literary Worker may Find in the City of New York 118
CHAPTER X.
“He Trun up Bote Hands!” 139
CHAPTER XI.
The Conclusion of the Whole Matter. 160
AND OTHER TALES.
The Poets’ Strike 183
Ancient Forms of Amusement 194
The Sober, Industrious Poet, and How he Fared at Easter-time 199
The Two Brothers; or, Plucked from the Burning 208
The Story of the Young Man of Talent 223
The Society Reporter’s Christmas 231
The Dying Gag 245
“Only a Type-writer” 251
The Culture Bubble in Ourtown 260
Some Thoughts on the Construction and Preservation of Jokes 275
McClure’s Model Village for Literary Toilers 299
Arrival of the Scotch Authors at McClure’s Literary Colony 307
The Canning of Perishable Literature 316
Literary Leaves by Manacled Hands 323
McClure’s Birthday at Syndicate Village 331
Literature by Prison Contract Labor 340
Christmas Eve at the Syndicate Village 351

THE LITERARY SHOP

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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